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Gregory Jackson Jr. is an American gun violence prevention survivor, activist, community organizer and campaign leader. He is the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Special Assistant to President Joe Biden.
In September 2023, President Biden established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to reduce gun violence, which has ravaged communities across the country, and implement and expand upon key executive and legislative action which has been taken to save lives.
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention is overseen by Vice President Harris, who has been a key leader in the Biden-Harris Administration's effort to end our nation's gun violence epidemic. Stefanie Feldman, a longtime policy advisor to President Biden on gun violence prevention, serves as Director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, alongside leading gun violence prevention advocates Greg Jackson and Rob Wilcox, who joined the Administration as Deputy Directors of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Jackson was born near Richmond, Virginia but raised in Charlottesville, Culpeper and Fluvanna County, Virginia. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Career
[edit]Jackson began his career in the late 2000s in organizational management consulting, serving government agencies like FEMA, USPS and DoD in efforts to improve government service delivery. He entered the political arena after volunteer and later leading the DC for Obama, a network of over 12,000 DC based supporters working to elect then Senator Barack Obama. After the 2008 election of President Obama, Jackson joined the North Carolina Democratic Party, serving as the statewide field director for Organizing for America from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Jackson served as the southern regional director for Organizing for Action. Jackson later joined the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to serve as the National Field Director, leading the largest mid-term voter registration effort in American history.
After recovering from a near fatal gunshot, Jackson pivoted to lead numerous efforts within city level government serving as the youngest cabinet member of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, as her Director of Community Relations and Services,[2] Communications Director for DC Department of Parks & Recreation, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Deputy Mayor of Greater Economic Opportunity and Communications Director for the Mayor's Safer Stronger Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement.
After losing a family friend to gun violence, Jackson moved into national advocacy, where he served as Advocacy Director and later Executive Director[3] for Community Justice Action Fund, working to advance policy to address gun violence specifically in Black and Brown communities. In this capacity, Jackson led advocacy efforts to ensure the American Rescue Plan Act prioritized public safety investments, testified before Congress after the Buffalo shooting and Uvalde school shooting, as well as played a pivotal role to the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first law passed on gun violence in 29 years. Jackson played an instrumental role in bringing major influencers to advocate for gun violence policy change, most notably Quavo from the hip hop group Migos, after fellow group member 'Takeoff' was shot and killed.[4]
In September of 2023, Jackson was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as Deputy Director for the first ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.[5][6] In this role, Jackson oversaw the creation and coordination of the first ever federal emergency response protocol for mass shootings or concentrations of violence.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Office of Gun Violence Prevention". The White House. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ Davis, Aaron (March 23, 2015). "Wooed by Washington, now committed to D.C. in Mayor Muriel Bowser's city hall".
- ^ "Greg Jackson Named as New Executive Director of CJAF". CJAF. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ MSNBC (2023-09-23). Turning pain into power: Quavo teams up with White House official to combat gun violence. Retrieved 2024-12-04 – via YouTube.
- ^ Judd, Donald (2023-09-22). "Biden unveils a new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "VP Harris, a former prosecutor, will lead new White House office of gun violence prevention". AP News. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ Ward, Myah (2024-04-18). "White House launches emergency response protocol for mass shootings". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-12-04.